Japan - Transaction costs

Average transaction cost of sending remittances from a specific country (%)

Average transaction cost of sending remittances from a specific country (%) in Japan was 10.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 16.84 in 2011, while its lowest value was 9.58 in 2018.

Definition: Average transaction cost of sending remittance from a specific country is the average of the total transaction cost in percentage of the amount sent for sending USD 200 charged by each single remittance service provider (RSP) included in the Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) database from a specific country.

Source: World Bank, Remittance Prices Worldwide, available at http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org

See also:

Year Value
2011 16.84
2012 16.32
2013 16.57
2014 13.74
2015 12.97
2016 11.30
2017 10.85
2018 9.58
2019 9.99
2020 10.58

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Access